Wellness care is chiropractic for when nothing hurts: a periodic check of how your spine and joints are moving, plus a few habits for the weeks between visits. How often you come is your choice.
Book NowSome people start wellness care after a problem has settled; others come in without ever having had one. Either way, a wellness visit is a check of how you're moving, adjustments where something is restricted, and a short list of things to do before the next one.
At The Shift Chiropractic, we don't just adjust and send you on your way. We care deeply about your ongoing wellness and often recommend specific strengthening and stabilization exercises to support your spine between visits.
Think of these movements as your maintenance program: a few minutes a day, chosen for what we found at your visit.
Three free tools help between visits: the desk setup calculator, the sleep position guide and the text neck illustration.
Care is delivered by Dr. Ben Glass and Dr. Irina Velichko, both of whom build the in-between-visit plan into the visit itself — so you always leave with something specific to work on, not just a vague reminder to "stretch more."
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Chiropractic care here isn't just about adjustments — it's about awareness. Each visit is an opportunity to pause, breathe, and reset.
We combine gentle spinal care with mindfulness practices, movement suggestions, and lifestyle guidance that fit seamlessly into your daily routine. Nothing we recommend requires an hour of free time or a gym membership. It has to work in the life you actually have — between meetings, after school pickup, before bed.
You'll leave each visit knowing what we found and what to do before the next one.
Your care plan is built around you. We listen deeply and tailor each session to support your unique needs — from specific adjustments to simple exercises, posture resets and daily habits you can keep up between visits.
Wellness care isn't about chasing a symptom. Each visit checks three things.
We check how your spine, hips and shoulders move, where they don't, and how that compares with your last visit.
How you sit, how high your screen is and how long you're at it.
Your sleep position and pillow height, and when something about your sleep means seeing a physician instead.
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Whether you're coming in after a problem has settled or have never had one, a wellness visit starts the same way: a conversation, then an exam.
Schedule your first visit, or call (510) 858-5370. Same-day appointments are often available — a doctor is in the office six days a week.
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You don't have to be in pain to come in. A wellness visit checks how you're moving and gives you a few things to do before the next one. How often you come is your choice.
Book Your First VisitWellness chiropractic is periodic chiropractic care for people who aren’t in pain. It combines specific adjustments with movement recommendations and habits for the time between visits. How often you come is your choice.
No one needs it. Some patients come in periodically because they prefer how they move with regular care; whether and how often is up to you.
A check of how you’re moving, a specific adjustment where something is restricted, and movement or stabilization exercises, posture and desk changes, and simple daily habits. The plan changes as what we find changes.